For many years, Independence Township (the local unit of government where the theatre is located) has had an ordinance in effect forbidding concerts or events to be played past 11:00 pm there due to noise complaints from nearby residents. The bands playing there are subject to a $5000 fine for going over the 11:00 pm time limit and are then charged $10,000 per minute fines for every minute past 11:10 pm they play. Some concert events have had to be moved up from original posted times because of this, although a fair number of bands choose to play anyway (typically Aerosmith, for example), with the fine money given as a deposit.
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Bitch.
Me: "Fuck you"
They got fined $5000.